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,^~;**#### ~ ~ ~ ~ Elves Live In The Land ~ ~ ~ ~ ####**;~^,
,,^~;**### ~ ~ ~ ~ Beyond The Great Dam. ~ ~ ~ ~ ###**;~^,,
,,,^~;**## ~ It Was Built In The Late Sixties. ~ ##**;~^,,,
,,,,^~;**# ~ ~ ~ The Elves Came To Us Then. ~ ~ ~ #**;~^,,,,
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,,,,,,,^~; They Were Very Manipulative, And We ;~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^~;* Came To Trust Them. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Us *;~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~;** Kids Would Play Down At The Water Even **;~^,,,,,
,,,,^~;**# Though We Were Not Allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #**;~^,,,,
,,,^~;**## ~ ~ Sometimes The Sluice Would Close ##**;~^,,,
,,^~;**### Entirely, And The River At The Dams ###**;~^,,
,^~;**#### Foot Would Dry Up, Revealing The Rocky ####**;~^,
,,^~;**### Water Garden That Had Been Hidden ###**;~^,,
,,,^~;**## Beneath, And We Would Go There. ~ ~ ~ ~ ##**;~^,,,
,,,,^~;**# ~ ~ ~ ~ Before The Dam Opened Again, #**;~^,,,,
,,,,,^~;** There Would Be A Signal, But The Elves **;~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~;* Would Make Us Not Hear It, And Suddenly *;~^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~; We Would Find The Water Rising, Already ;~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^~;* At Our Knees. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *;~^,,,,,,
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,,,,^~;**# ~ By Then The Elves Would Be Gone. ~ #**;~^,,,,
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